I would like to share our series featuring Unique Holidays: August 11th, 2022 with you. Would you take a look at the holidays being celebrated today and let me know which holiday you most want to celebrate and why. For me I will celebrate Son and Daughter Day as I celebrate Charlie and Suzzane. Would you like to join me and celebrate your children if you have some. If not you can borrow Charlie if you want to.
Presidental Joke Day is a holidaywhich is always held on August 11th.
Presidents have a sense of humor, too. Many people believe this is a holiday to make jokes about the President. On the contrary, this holiday is for Presidents to make a joke. On this day in 1984, President Ronald Reagan made a doozie.
On August 11, 1984, just before his regular Saturday radio address, President Ronald Reagan was doing a voice test with the microphone. President Ronald Reagan thought the microphone and the feed was not live. President Ronald Reagan joked into the microphone: “My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.” To his surprise, President Ronald Reagan was speaking to a live feed!
This incident led to the creation of “Presidential Joke Day”. However, we do not think American Presidents will make it a habit to perform jokes on, or to, the American public on this day, or any other day.
Son and Daughter Day is a holiday to spend with your children. After all, your son and daughter are the joy of your life. We hope that everyone reading this has the opportunity in their life to see these joys children bring us are born and raised happily, and successfully.
Today is a great day to spend with your son and daughter. It’s not a day of gift giving. Except for the gift of time. If your son and daughter are still young and live at home with you, be ever aware that time goes by quickly. Spend as much of today and everyday in their company as possible. In the blink of an eye our children will be grown and not want to spend time with us.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
